Cambodia News: Mam Somaly

El tráfico sexual de mujeres - Grupo Milenio
Milenio.com
La única motivación en la vida de Somaly Mam es "luchar contra el tráfico de mujeres y todas las formas de esclavitud. Se trata de dar la paz a las demás ...

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Sex Trafficking: A Still Thriving Crime that Goes Unnoticed
STL.News
September 1, 2017 (STL.News) “Over 1.2 million men and women are trafficked within the world in just one year,” said Linda Rendleman, President and CEO of nonprofit organization Women Like Us Foundation. “Even more staggering, per the United Nations ...

“The Wrong Light”: Sex, lies and the story of Mickey Choothesa
Salon
“I was researching the Somaly Mam — the face of anti-trafficking in South East Asia whose stories ended up being fabricated — for Mariane Pearl but decided she was too controversial,” Heitz tells me over Skype from Washington, D.C. She pauses. “To ...

'We do not back down'
Southeast Asia Globe
As part of our feature on Cambodia's controversial activist Somaly Mam, Southeast Asia Globe conducted an email interview with AnnaLynne McCord, the president of Mam's rebranded organisation Together1heart. As a prerequisite of speaking to us, McCord ...

Whatever happened to… Somaly Mam?
Southeast Asia Globe
By the time she started granting interviews, the Somaly Mam Foundation (SMF) – which acted as the fundraising arm for Agir Pour Les Femmes En Situation Precaire (AFESIP), the Cambodian organisation Mam and her then-husband established in 1996 ...

Somaly Mam shoots for redemption with 'new' organization
Devex
Somaly Mam (right) speaks with Sheryl Sandberg (left), Facebook's chief operating officer during the Fortune Most Powerful Women Summit in California, United States. Mam has launched a new organization called The New Somaly Mam Fund. Photo by: ...

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Disgraced Activist Somaly Mam to Launch New Organization After Resigning
Newsweek
NEW YORK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Disgraced Cambodian anti-sex trafficking activist Somaly Mam, who was forced to resign from her own foundation seven months ago amid reports her dramatic life story was fabricated, has unveiled plans to ...
Somaly Mam Foundation 2.0The Phnom Penh Post

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Who's Telling The Truth About Somaly Mam? A Smashed Icon, A Media Brawl—and a Comeback
Daily Beast
Yet that is exactly what is happening, as the venerable newsmagazine and the glossy women's monthly duke it out over the biographical particulars of Somaly Mam, a glamorous, charismatic, and celebrated anti-sex-trafficking activist with a murky ...

Activist Somaly Mam quits foundation amid claims she faked personal story
The Guardian
After publishing her book, Mam launched the Somaly Mam Foundation. Her crusade against sex trafficking, and her charismatic personality, won her an audience of international donors who helped raise millions for the foundation, among them some star ...
Sex slavery activist Somaly Mam quits foundation after book probeLos Angeles Times
Nicholas Kristof Should Give Readers a Full Explanation About Somaly MamNew York Times (blog)
The Somaly Mam Story: What We Still Know About Sex TraffickingHuffington Post
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Cambodian anti-trafficking campaigner Somaly Mam exposed as fraud
The Independent
A Cambodian woman who for many years was the face of the country's campaign against sex trafficking has resigned from the foundation that carries her name after allegations were made that parts of her often-told story were untrue. Somaly Mam, whose ...
Activist Resigns Amid Charges of FabricationNew York Times
Somaly Mam And The Cult of Glamourized VictimhoodDaily Beast
Here's why it matters when a human rights crusader builds her advocacy on liesSalon
The Cambodia Daily (subscription) -NBCNews.com -Newsweek
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